Accessibility

Advice on tackling accessibility challenges including digital poverty, remote access, user experience, technology skills and assessment from academics and university staff. Find more Campus resources on equity, diversity and inclusion.

By miranda.prynne, 18 March, 2021

Making online learning accessible for students with disabilities

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Online course design and delivery tips that ensure accessibility for disabled students

Online learning offers opportunities to widen accessibility for disabled students through careful course design and delivery. Clare Mullaney shares three tips to ensure your digital teaching is accessible to all learners

By miranda.prynne, 17 March, 2021

Assessing your assessment: creating inclusive and meaningful assignments

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How to ensure your online assessment is accessible and relevant for all students

Online teaching has forced a major rethink of exams, so how can academics ensure they make the new-style assessments accessible and relevant to all students? Kimberly Wilder-Davis explains

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By miranda.prynne, 10 March, 2021

Recommendations on improving digital higher education from Sir Michael Barber’s review – and the resources to help

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Propelling higher education to a digital future

THE Campus has worked with the team behind Sir Michael Barber’s digital teaching and learning review to create a toolkit, presenting their key recommendations for improving digital education alongside practical advice and insight from academics to help institutions meet the proposals

By miranda.prynne, 3 February, 2021

Online alone is not the answer – how to design remote courses with accessibility and inclusivity in mind

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Designing online courses with accessibility and inclusivity in mind

Digital accessibility is crucial in online teaching, says Amy Low. Here, she outlines what universities need to consider when designing inclusive online courses

By miranda.prynne, 18 January, 2021

Bridging the digital divide: online courses with equity at their core

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Create online courses with equity at their heart to bridge the digital divide

Otito Iwuchukwu talks about how to take an equity-first approach to delivering online courses to ensure all students can access the resources they need and have their voices heard

By miranda.prynne, 23 November, 2020

THE Digital Transformation Forum: Reimagining higher education teaching and learning

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Reimagining higher education teaching and learning for remote and online courses

Four academics offer practical advice on different aspects of online teaching and learning based on lessons from the rapid pivot to remote courses triggered by Covid-19

By miranda.prynne, 17 November, 2020

Making online classes work for students with ADHD

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Designing online classes for students with ADHD

Online learning can be particularly challenging for students with learning difficulties such as ADHD. Kate Lister offers some simple steps every instructor can take to help students with ADHD stay engaged

By miranda.prynne, 5 October, 2020

How to reach remote students with limited access to technology

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Advice on reaching remote students with limited access to learning technology

Angela Owusu-Ansah of Ashesi University in Ghana explains how her institution has tackled this problem to ensure all students can access teaching online

By stefan.gagov, 14 August, 2020

Improving students' digital literacy for remote learning

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The natural tech savviness of Generation Z doesn’t necessarily extend to remote learning tools. Here are three tips from the Open University of Hong Kong to train students to use collaborative working platforms

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